---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to establishing residency for purposes of admission into public schools."
description: "Relating to establishing residency for purposes of admission into public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1597"
citation: "Texas HB 1597 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS (S0266)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Buckley", "Lambert"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6816761e-bfff-44be-be8e-fdf387c13f8e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1597.xml"
source_hash: "27525173c66253aecc4c480c68ecf441934e83a9a7462802f9da20e3218b8af1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 1597 (86) — Relating to establishing residency for purposes of admission into public schools.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01597I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-31** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-28** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6816761e-bfff-44be-be8e-fdf387c13f8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).